Bird flu: it’s here. But will it spread to humans? The big dread every time a new outbreak of H5N1 is announced anywhere in the world is that this will be the time it mutates. [News Source]

H5N1: The deadly strain of bird flu is here. But we’re told: don’t panic. The first major outbreak of bird flu to hit Britain was confirmed, sparking fears that the virus will spread throughout the country and prompting a cull of 160,000 possibly infected birds. [News Source]

Fury at government delays after bird flu outbreak. There was mounting anger over the official response to the outbreak of bird flu at a poultry farm last night after it was confirmed that the strain of disease is the deadly H5N1 virus. [News Source]

The low-down on bird flu. There are four different subtypes of H5N1--a virus that has already mutated into a variety of strains. It mainly affects birds but so far has also killed 164 people worldwide, the latest in Nigeria. [News Source]

Mass cull as bird flu hits Britain. The first case of the deadly flu virus H5N1 in a flock of British birds was confirmed yesterday, prompting renewed fears that it is only a matter of time before the strain mutates to pass from human to human. [News Source]

Bird flu reaches British farms. Nearly 160,000 turkeys are scheduled to be culled in Britain after the country's first confirmed outbreak of the potentially lethal Asian strain of the H5N1 bird flu virus in poultry. [News Source]

Too few defences against a pandemic. Britain's ability to protect the public during any bird flu pandemic has been called into question over fears that there will be too few vaccines and drugs available. [News Source]

Now world braced for huge surge in bird flu. The number of cases of the deadly bird flu virus is increasing around the world as scientists struggle to combat the disease that is now threatening to jump species and infect humans. [News Source]

Deadly bird flu virus found in Britain. Officials confirmed Britain's first mass outbreak of the disease that has ravaged Asia's poultry stocks and killed more than 160 people worldwide. [News Source]

Bird flu triggers mass slaughter. Nearly 160,000 turkeys were scheduled to be culled today in Britain after the country's first confirmed outbreak of the potentially lethal Asian strain of the H5N1 bird flu virus in poultry. [News Source]

Britain moves to contain outbreak of deadly strain of bird flu. Britain scrambled to contain its first outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu in domestic poultry yesterday after the virus was found at a farm run by Europe's biggest turkey producer. [News Source]

Bird flu detected on turkey farm in England. The deadly H5N1 Asian strain of bird flu, which has killed 165 people since 2003, has been confirmed on a commercial turkey farm in eastern England. [News Source]